Søren Ulrik Pedersen & The Swings. The deigner behind X2 table (Table trestle for SUP private collection 2006) Søren Ulrik Pedersen (1961) has a heart of wood. A skilled cabinetmaker and a graduate from the Danish Design School, his SUP Design studio has carved a name for itself with furniture, trade fair decoration and interior design. Danish designer trained as cabinetmaker at Wulff’s furniture firm in Hellerup in 1985.
After completing his apprenticeship he continued his education at Danmarks Designskole, graduating as a furniture designer in 1990. He has a functionalist approach and bases his products on the goal of promoting close interpersonal relations. One example of a design based on this aspiration is his Stick in a Box, which is a multi-function tool for household use. SWINGTIME ”You don’t lose your swing because you grow old, you grow old because you lose your swing,” as Søren Ulrik Petersen puts it. SWINGTIME was on view during the September's MAISON & Objet echibition in Paris sources: SUP design. Giving thanks for some weird new needle felt friends.
I don't know "what" he is but I bet he would give good hugs with such long arms . He has a deep purple bottom and lots of super soft light brown alpaca and silk "fur" which takes forever to root in but feels so good . As you may have noticed, I also bought some giant eyes . He's about 12 inches tall and a pound or so of wool . (Not sure how accurate my scale is right now . ) It's not easy to tell from this picture, but this is my largest sculpture since my dragon .
I think he would be about 3 feet tall if he were standing and is over 2 pounds of mixed wool, alpaca and of course Ingeo for the white hair rooted in . This guy turned out a bit like a goatish troll with really long arms and fat little toes . Above the below are my "normal" size critters with a mix of wool and alpaca . All the gang wishs you happy Thanksgiving and happy felting ! Malene Kaae Design: Etsy Feature - Meet Fingtoys. I would like to introduce you to a very talented Etsian, Fingtoys. Her felt art toys are just amazing.
Hi, I am Natalie, the artist behind FingToys. I design and make art toys - creatures to become your friend, full of personality and stories to tell :) When did you first start crafting and how did you find your niche/chosen craft? About a year ago I was looking for a medium to make toys. Clay, moulded forms, sewing, crochet - there are endless possibilities to choose from :) But... nothing seemed to fit my bill - I would love to use clay, but I want my toys to be soft and huggable, sewing and crochet are way too structural for me. What are your main sources of inspiration? Colours, textures, shapes, old toys, story books and folklore... What is your creative process like? How do you promote? As for the promotions, I haven't done much in this area so far. How have you developed your crafting skills...are you self-taught or have you been taking classes? 3-D Feltmaking with a Cardboard Resist. There are many different approaches to making three dimensional objects out of felt.
The object can be hollow like a hat or stuffed like a doll. It can be made of solid wool, with a soft or hard center. Flat sheets of felt can be made which are then cut into shapes, sewn together and stuffed. Or the felt object can be made around a resist so that the wool meets and felts together to create a seam at the edges of the resist, but does not connect together anywhere else. I first learned this method of making 3-D felt from Istvan Vidak, a Hungarian feltmaker. To learn this technique, I have included a pattern for a pair of baby booties. Cardboard resist. Towels/sponges. Note: You can use just the mat/wrap and bar, just the washboard or a combination of the two to full the booties. PROCESS: 1. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. AND/OR Cover the booties with the net and (keeping them flat) rub them up and down on the wash board. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Felting News « Itto's Living Faith. Some pictures from the last two felting-group meetings; a whole lot of handmade love… While cleaning up the house, I always find a lot of “stuff” in my children’s room: broken pieces of plastic-cars, destroyed toys and a lot of nothing (undefined little things that maybe once have been something).
That always makes me sad and thinking about the throw-away-society we have become over the last century and it makes me wishing for a more sustainable living and for striving to more conscious consumption and for better manners in our own little life. How much more beauty is in handmade and natural things, how much more soul, love and meaning in good quality work! I am not just talking about toys, no, about nearly everything such as furniture, food, clothes, household objects and so on… All that cheap (or even not so cheap) factory-made-plastic-stuff, all the synthetic clothes, the precooked and chemically-processed food, this all is just not good!
Needle Felting Instructions - How to Needle Felt - Needle Felting Tips. Needle felting is a quick and easy way to add embellishment to plain felted knitting. From simple lines like this tutorial shows to shapes and more complex designs, needle felting is a great way to add a little more interest to plain felting. What needle felting does is fuse another layer of fiber (be it wool roving, wool yarn, or another piece of felt) onto the base fiber or felted fabric. The same technique can be used to make felted shapes, but for our purposes as knitters working the fiber into a base fabric is the most common use. To begin needle felting you'll need to gather a few supplies, all of which should be available at your local craft store: Feltmaking - All Fiber Arts. Cashmere Yarns - All Fiber Arts. The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing, by Watson Smith, F.C.S., F.I.C..
A brief history of felt making for traditional Mongolian yurts. Felt making - a lost Art Ulaantaij - Bringing Mongolia to the World For thousands of years man has practised his ingenious methods of turning the fleece of the sheep into warm clothing. Loom and spinning wheel have come to stand as the symbols of these skills. Another find consisting of a piece of felt from a barrow at Behringen in the Soltau district of Hanover and preserved at the Berlin State Museum until the last war is thought to have been produced about 1200 B.C. There are many references to the use of felt in Greece in classical authors, from Homer onwards. developed. Traces also show of Greek, Persian, and Indian influence. Graves left by the Huns in northern Mongolia and dating from the third and fourth centuries of our era have yielded carpets and patterned blankets of felt adorned with elaborate designs in brilliant colours. The art of felt making, too, harks back to earliest times.
Significantly, India and Persia are also mentioned in this connection. Feltmaking - historical felt through the ages. CRAFTSWOMEN - Exhibition of the NCN Project. How to Felt Sweaters. June 23rd, 2008 Email 168 users recommend A whole lot of felted sweaters, ready for crafting! Read the label when you shop for thrift-store sweaters. Only animal fibers will felt. Photos by Diane Gilleland Some sweaters are thin and drapey after felting, and some are very thick. The sweater on the left is not felted. This is a great time to find sweaters in your local thrift store - lots of people are putting away their winter clothing and getting rid of some pieces. It's quite easy to felt a sweater, really - just run it through your washer with hot water and soap, and then through your dryer. Protect your washer!
By the way, it's best to do your felting in a top-loading washer. Be sure to protect your dryer, too - clean the lint trap frequently. Begin with animal fibers. How do I know it's felted? - Did the sweater shrink significantly? - Can I still see the texture of the knitted stitches? It's not an exact science. The web is full of project ideas for felted sweaters. Tutorial - Wet Felt Making for Beginners (rosiepink) Hello! This tutorial has been updated (as of March 2012) Please click here for the new version This tutorial will show you how to make a basic piece of flat felt. Anyone can make felt – it’s easy. To start, all you need is some inexpensive equipment: a sushi mat, some merino wool top/roving, bar of Olive Oil Soap, soap flakes - we grate our own flakes from the bar of soap, some small-bubble bubble-wrap, a piece of tutu netting and a clean milk container (with holes punched in the lid) containing some tepid water and 2 tsp of soap flakes. The following steps will show you how to make a piece of flat felt and from there you can then make a lot of things -for ease, this tutorial will show you how to make drinks coasters. 1. 2.
Then lay them one on top of the other, grasp the ends and pull gently apart. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.Sprinkle water over the wool through the net – don’t over wet. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Wet felting pictorial tutorial by Snow Queen · Felting | CraftGossip.com.